The Washington critic., 1887-10-07
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.

lor, composing the firm Of Gillingham Il
Taylor, New York, made an assignment
yesterday.
Major Charles @. Rawn, United States
Army, died In Lancaster, Pa, yesterday,
aged 80 years. lie has been on sick leave
for the past year.
Fire was discovered last night on the
British steamship Naples at Savannah. She
had aboard between ffty.six and fifty seven
hundred bales Of cotton, which will oil be
damaged.
Thomas Kent, one Of the Oldest and most
extensive woolen manufacturers in Penn
| sylvania, died at bis residence, at Clifton
Heights, near Philadelphia, Wednesday
| night, aged IS years.
The National Convention OF Funeral Dl-
| rectors adjourned at Pittsbufg Yesterday.
The next convention Of the assoc iation viii
take place at Baltimore on the first Wednes-
day In October In 1883.
A mortgage from the Chicago Gaslight
| and Coke Company TO the Fidelity Insur-
| ance, Trust and Safe Deposit Company OF
| Philadelphia, for the issuance OF ten mil
| lion gold bonds, was recorded In Chicago
| yesterday.
In New York, yesterday, DR.. G. Fayette
Taylor secured verdict Of $40, 200 against
the Manhattan Railway Company and the
Metropolitan Elevated Railway for dam
ages by reason Of the structure In front OF
bis property.
| The puddle furnace in the rolling mill Of
the Brooke Iron Company at Birdsboro, Pa,
exploded yesterday. William Stanley, q
puddler, was very badly burned, and Am
mon Albright was scalded. Other employees
were slightly hurt.
In New York yesterday James Mulvauey
and Robert Vaughan, the real robbers Of
Timothy Kelley at the Grand Central Depot
July "a. pleaded guilty to the offense, and
Frank Corey and John Murray, who were
wrongly convicted for the same offense,
will be released.
The trustees OF the Peabody Educational
Fund met again in New York yesterday and
deliberated over the appropriations for the
ensuing year. The amount of money that
will probably be available from the income
| of the fund Ia 200. This sum will be
distributed to the various schools In the
South on the approval Of the executive and
finance committee.
A great holiday and celebration was had
In Cincinnati yesterday by upwards of two
hundred employees of Proctor & Gamble, on
the occasion Of the firm paying its first
semi.annusl share of profits to the work.
men. The shares paid the men were 13l
per cent. on their wages for six months, ag-
gregating S9S,000. Some workmen got as
much as $400. This ia the first dividend
under the share plan since its adoption.
The Republican State Convention OF
Nebraska, at Lincoln, yesterday nominated
Judge Samuel Maxwell as Judge Of the
Supreme Court, and r. B. Davis and Geo.
Roberts as regents Of the State University.
The platform condemns system OF revenue
that compels the farmers OF the West to pay
tribute to the manufacturers Of the East,
pledges the party to submit prohibitory
amendment condemns the President for
bis attempt to return the Confederate flags,
iavors the admission Of Dakota, views with
alarm the abuse OF the veto power of the
President, and sustains the Board of Trans
portation In Its effort to secure reasonable
freight and passenger rates.
Boston's Daring Horsewomen.
Boston has shown Of late that her women
are not behind the men in their enthusiasm
for out-of-door pleasures, and 1t ia agreea-
Bile to note how much benefit, as well as
genuine pleasure, the lady riders after the
beagles in the Beverly hunts have got from
the sport this fall. Some Of the prettest
riding was by the young matrons. Fear
less, graceful and daring are these fine
riders, and, considering how little chance
the New England climate gives them, 1t is
altogether surprising that they ride so
well. The sparkle In the eye, the glow OF
health in the cheek, both bespeak the value
". the RIaceiui anu hehithiui eAereise'
The excitement Of jumping pasture bars
and fences only lends an added zest to the
fun. No more becoming costume Is known
in these days In which to set of the grace
and refinement Of feminine beauty than the
riding habit, and wonder 1t is that more
beautiful women are not painted In It,
Our aunts and grandmothers remember the
time when 1t WAS every society lady's am.
bition to bepainted In the graceful attitude
Of playing on the harp, Why not now the
equestrienne portrait S-S[ Boston Post.
Cashmere Bouquet Perfume
is unexcelled In exquisite combination OF
delicate odors. Colgate & Co. are the
largest perfumers.